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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1968
Page
2
A man described as Charlie Jo’s entered Burnet Elementary School at 5720 Bayway Drive between 4:30 PM and 11:30 PM on Monday, asking students where the teacher was. He then located a teacher’s purse and stole six $1 bills from it, taking the money into another room before leaving.
Rites were held at Memory Gardens at 2 30 pm Wednesday for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D Fitzgerald of Mont Belview. The Rev J W Davidson of Cedar Bayou Church of Christ officiated. services directed by Paul A Lee Funeral Home. Survivors include parents a brother John Balke Fitzgerald and grandparents Mr and Mrs John M Fitzgerald Mant Belieu and Mr and Mrs C Calman Baytown.
President elect Nixon plans a cabinet mix featuring Romney as a past governor challenger to Nixon, Hickel Anchorage hotel man and 49, cochair of the western Nixon campaign, Moynihan leaving Harvard MIT Urban Studies to join the White House staff, Rogers named Secretary of State, and Laird selected as Secretary of Defense. Several details describe prior roles and political connections shaping the lineup.
The article lists possible nominations for many cabinet posts including Treasury Attorney General Health Secretary Housing Interior Commerce Labor Transportation and Postmaster General with names such as David Kennedy Robert H Anderson John N Mitchell Robert Finch George Romney Clifford Hardin Tim Babcock Walter Hickel Maurice Stans James Reynolds George Schultz John Volpe Winston Bhunt and notes Life magazine subscribers in the Baytown area may miss this week's issue due to a Murphysboro derailment.
The film Doctor Zhivago directed by David Lean and featuring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie plays at the Brunson. It weaves a deep emotional love triangle against revolutionary Russia with stunning winter scenery and a human focus that lingers beyond the spectacle.
Two minor explosions occurred at Houston area plants on Tuesday. A tank loaded with spent sulphuric acid at Stauffer Chemical Co in Manchester on the Houston Ship Channel blew up around 7:50 p.m., windows rattled three miles away, with damage limited to the tank. A second blast hit the Bayport Industrial Park near La Porte around 3:40 p.m. a 5 to 20 foot tank was expected to burst, according to Dixie Chemical Co Prod uct Manager Al W Teague.
Lee College drama department will present its last two performances of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth on Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
Mrs Tomaso Aleman 2119 Caroline Room 124 Albert Solis Dayton Room 11 David Glenn Weatherspoon 2300 New Jersey Room 221 Mrs Mavie Spencer Highlands Room 120 Robert A Dixon 2303 Florida Room 123 New arrival Ronald D Moyers Highlands son born Dec 10 at Gulf Coast
La Porte School Board awards a 511,287 contract to M C Wallace Inc of Houston to build a 24 classroom addition at La Porte Elementary. Wallace’s bid was the lowest of five and exceeds the 475,000 budget by about 36,000, pushing the first phase of the district’s 4 million capital plan about 40,000 over bond funds. Superintendent Pearce proposed borrowing to cover the deficit with repayment planned next spring at the next bond sale.
Emily Dalrymple of the Ft. Worth HUD office criticized a housing authority plan lacking a formal Plan of Operation. The letter, dated March 27, 1964, urged including a center director, funding for maintenance and utilities, and showcased potential services like instruction, counseling, health programs, and entertainment. A center contract, dated June 1965, was let to Hollis Construction Co. but Edison Courts residents say the site serves mainly as storage.
Baytown police report a 1:20 a.m. robbery at a service station on Alexander Drive. Attendant Raymond Budro said two men in a light gray station wagon forced him into a storeroom and stole 58 dollars. Police found the car at Lee and West Main and booked Omie Milum after identifying him in the vehicle. Milum, 23, admitted drinking with companions. police investigation continues.
Pan American Petroleum Corp wins a temporary permit from the Texas Water Quality Board to discharge waste water from its sulphur mining at High Island into the Intracoastal Canal. Chambers County opposed the disposal plan citing harm to marsh life, while the board noted startup needs. the permit runs until the next board meeting on December 13. Dittman Motors launches a 52 week promotion in The Baytown Sun featuring the character Otto Happy.
The Esso Texas, Humble Oil and Refining Co. inland towboat, was christened in Houston at Blouston Port Turning Basin by Mrs. J. O. Edwards. The 1140 foot tow, with six rudders and two 850 hp diesels, will move hot coker feed between Humble Baytown and Baton Rouge, loading about 65 000 barrels per trip and boosting Humble Inland Waterways capacity to 14 million barrels.
Graves Dress Shop launches at Bay Plaza Shopping Center as one of three new Graves, Inc. locations on the Texas Gulf Coast this year. Founded in Dallas in the 1960s, the chain now operates 24 ready-to-wear stores with about eight million in sales last year. The firm, led by Claude Graves Jr., sells ladies and children's dresses, sportswear, and lingerie.
The school board accepted three resignations and approved four new hires. Resignations include Irene Aguirre joining her husband in Newport Rhode Island Hazel Burks resigning for health reasons Elizabeth Kirkland leaving Travis Elementary for Benicia California. New teachers are Kathryn Allen at Robert E Lee High School Richie Butler at Highlands Elementary Patsy Martin at Ross Sterling High School and Lavette Mullinix at Horace Mann Junior School.
The piece notes Rogers in Denver during September 1955 as a key adviser to Nixon on policy matters. It recalls Rogers’ brief 1960 role as a U.S. delegate to the 20th UN General Assembly and his criticisms of Soviet anti Semitism and apartheid in South Africa. It also cites Nixon’s view of cabinet picks as generalists, a standard Rogers fit.
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